The Biography of Things

This full colour, 48 page catalogue accompanies ACCA’s 2015-2016 exhibition The Biography of Things which features work by Brook Andrew, Ilit Azoulay, Aurélien Froment, Camille Henrot, Narelle Jubelin, Nicholas Mangan, Rosalind Nashashibi & Lucy Skaer, Kirsten Pieroth, Walid Raad and Paul Sietsema

It includes essays by Melbourne writer Justin; Aspara DiQuinzo, curator of modern and contemporary art at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Juliana Engberg, Programme Director for Aarhus 2017, European Capital of Culture, and co-curator of The Biography of Things; Annika , Exhibition Manager at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and co-curator of The Biography of Things; Marcella Lista, art historian based in Paris and Senior Curator of the New Media Collection at the National Museum of Modern Art/Centre Georges Pompidou; Hannah Mathews, Associate Curator at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne and co-curator of The Biography of Things; Lizzie Muller, Director of the Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership at UNSW Art and Design; Chris Sharp, a writer and curator based in Mexico City; Wayne Tunnicliffe, Head Curator, Australian Art, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and Adela Yawitz, curator of public events and residencies at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin.